Senior/staff Devops Engineer, Hyderabad

Company Overview: Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making high-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world.

It does this by collaborating with more than 50 top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India and China.

Emeritus’ short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and senior executive programs help individuals learn new skills and transform their lives, companies and organizations.

Its unique model of state-of-the-art technology, curriculum innovation, and hands-on instruction from senior faculty, mentors and coaches has educated more than 250,000 individuals across 80+ countries.

Founded in 2015, Emeritus, part of Eruditus Group, has more than 2,000 employees globally and offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, and Dubai.

Following its $650 million Series E funding round in August 2021, the Company is valued at $3.2 billion, and is backed by Accel, Soft Bank Vision Fund 2, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Leeds Illuminate, Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, and Bertelsmann.

Role Overview We are looking for a skilled Dev Ops Engineer to join our dynamic team.

The primary responsibility of this role is to manage and optimize our infrastructure hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) , including services deployed in GCP Kubernetes (GKE) , Cloudflare, Heroku, and monitoring tools.

The candidate will also oversee cost management , incident management , and participate in a rotational on-call schedule to ensure system reliability and uptime.

Roles and Responsibilities Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Management: Manage and maintain infrastructure services hosted on GCP.

Optimize GCP resources for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Implement GCP IAM policies, security best practices, and resource governance.

Kubernetes (GKE) Administration: Deploy, monitor, and maintain containerized applications in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).

Implement best practices for Kubernetes clusters, including resource allocation, scaling, and reliability.

Troubleshoot issues with deployments, networking, and pods.

Cloudflare Management: Oversee Cloudflare configurations for DNS management, security, and CDN optimization.

Optimize website performance and security settings through Cloudflare.

Heroku Services: Manage and monitor services hosted on Heroku.

Ensure proper scaling, uptime, and cost optimization for applications.

Monitoring and Incident Management: Set up and manage monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Stackdriver, or Datadog) to ensure system health and performance.

Respond to incidents promptly, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and implement preventive measures.

Document incident management processes and reports.

Cost Management: Monitor and optimize cloud costs across GCP, Kubernetes, and Heroku environments.

Proactively identify opportunities to reduce operational expenses without compromising performance.

On-Call Rotation: Participate in a rotational on-call schedule to address incidents, system outages, and performance issues.

Ensure quick resolution and follow escalation processes as needed.

Collaboration and Documentation: Collaborate with development, operations, and product teams to improve deployment pipelines and workflows.

Create and maintain detailed technical documentation for configurations, processes, and incident reports.

Key Skills and Qualifications Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.

8+ years of experience in a Dev Ops, Cloud Engineer, or related role.

Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services.

Proven experience managing applications in Kubernetes (GKE).

Emeritus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.